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FAS en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of free alongside ship.

FAS en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of fetal alcohol syndrome.
    • She said people with FAS are on a spectrum, have a wide range of intelligences, that the intelligence test is biased, and that I got strong intuition and street smarts, that I’m smart where it counts, which I already knew, but when she told me it felt good, like I didn’t really know it until she said it like that. 2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 17:
Source: en.wiktionary, “FAS” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

FAS en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Financial Assistance Scheme.
    • In fact, 18 students in my class are under the FAS, compared to an average of four students in each of the other Primary Six classes. 2016, Fang Yanping, Singapore Teachers: Narratives of Care, Hope and Commitment, page 26:
  2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Federation of American Scientists.
    • FAS estimates Russia has 1,816 tactical, or non-strategic, weapons (shorter range and intended for use in battle rather than for the destruction of whole cities). 2023 September 5, Julian Borger, Andrew Roth, “Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024:
  3. (Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Federation Air Service.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Free African Society.